Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 75 km NW of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 75 km NW of La Ligua, Chile on Mon, May 23, 2016, 8:39 AM GMT-4 (12:39 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 28 km SW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-05-23 12:39:35 UTC
Depth
10.5 km (6.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.072° S, 71.900° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.8 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
138°
Stations used
27

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.4107 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3774 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 4.057 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3774 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 4.725 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3773 days ago · 56 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 4.055 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3769 days ago · 25 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 4.333 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3768 days ago · 45 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 4.359 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3767 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 4.258 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3765 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 3.977 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3758 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.080 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3753 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3748 days ago · 40 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 4.399 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3748 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 5.028 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3745 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 6
  13. 4.1101 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3745 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 4.399 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3745 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 4.642 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3739 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.329 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3729 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away

Before

  1. 4.2109 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3783 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 4.397 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3784 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 4.492 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3784 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 4.473 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3787 days ago · 19 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 4.250 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3794 days ago · 56 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 4.254 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3795 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 4.425 km W of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 3796 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 8
  8. 3.652 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3803 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 4.184 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3806 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 3.964 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3806 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 3.987 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3808 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 4.375 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3808 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 4.672 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3808 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005jb1. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:56 PM UTC.